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Congressional debates

Debates are recorded in the Congressional Record. This is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress. For every day Congress is in session, an issue of the Congressional Record is printed by the Government Printing Office. Each issue summarizes the day's floor and committee actions and records all remarks delivered in the House and Senate (from Congress.gov).

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Annals of the Congress(1st Congress, 1776-18th Congress, 1834) in The debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States

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Background

Debates of Congress are recorded in the Congressional record, which has been published under that name since the 1st session of the 43rd Congress in 1873. It succeeded